When Joe Jacques returned to his apartment Thursday and saw he had missed a call from Triple-A manager Chad Tracy, he didn’t know what had happened.
When Joe Jacques returned to his apartment Thursday night and saw he had missed a call from Triple-A Worcester manager Chad Tracy, he didn’t know what had happened. It had started as just a normal game night, but when Jacques called back, he sensed something was different.The question made Jacques, a left-handed reliever who went to Red Bank Regional High School and was a walk-on at Manhattan, shiver.
About a month before Jacques would’ve started attending FAU, he convinced himself that he would regret not trying out for a college team.So he walked into the office of Jim Duffy, then Manhattan’s head coach, was impressive throughout the tryout and not only made the team but also took a spot in the Jaspers’ starting rotation.
At times, Jacques felt he was close to the majors. In 2021, Pittsburgh had traded some left-handed pitchers, and he thought a spot might open. But on July 27, after Triple-A Indianapolis’ starting pitcher didn’t last an inning, Jacques entered the game and allowed eight runs, and “that kinda blew my chance,” he said.A dropped arm angle — something Jacques experimented with at Manhattan, Duffy told The Post — helped him keep hitters off balance against his two-seam fastball, slider and changeup.
“I’ve just always had the belief in myself that I can just adapt and grow at each level and just become good enough,” Jacques told The Post.It still hadn’t hit Jacques by Friday afternoon. He’s certain that wouldn’t happen until he walked out onto the field at Yankee Stadium, when “it’s just going to get that much more real.”
“I’m thrilled for him, but I’m not surprised,” Duffy told The Post. “I’m really not. … He’s been acting, practicing and training like a major leaguer since he was a freshman at Manhattan College.
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